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Letters / BY: Nilanga Aki Bandara, BSc November 2020
... through witnessing the care of Black women in the Canadian health care system cannot be tolerated.  A key point is the ... the enormous benefits of patient-physician concordance on health care outcomes for minority populations and shows that ... is a huge barrier to building an efficient and inclusive health care system in Canada. We must acknowledge and reflect ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD November 2020
... is no place for racism in our communities, profession, or health care system. We can do better, and we need to be ... and should not have to be earned by anyone when seeking health care. We are fortunate in Canada that our modern ... family physicians. The agenda introduced many aspects of health care delivery here in BC, including an introduction to ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Jan Hajek, MD November 2020
... an unnecessary risk. In response, for ethical and public health reasons, the Netherlands parliament voted to ... sidelined. Costly infection control and public health practices are also vulnerable to cost-cutting ... and have worked to equate meat with protein and good health. But this advertising has been misleading. ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Abigail Steinberg, MD November 2020
... in British Columbia, in September 2019, the Provincial Health Officer declared “severe pulmonary disease ... 20 cases and no deaths had been reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada.[ 4 ] Five VALI cases were reported ... E acetate has not been detected in products tested by Health Canada, and no BAL samples from VALI cases have been ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Naomi Dove, MD, MPH, FRCPC November 2020
... and flatten the outbreak peak, reduce the burden on the health care system, and protect high-risk populations.[ 1 , 2 ... and depression, which are predictors of poor future mental health outcomes if not identified early and treated. With a loss of supportive routines and structures, health behaviors declined dramatically during the pandemic, ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Shayda A. Swann, BSc November 2020
... at the table of scientific discovery. Today, participatory health research, community advisory boards, and knowledge ... (MIWA) in the design and delivery of HIV/AIDS services. Health Care Women Int 2015;36:936-964. Kaida A, Carter A, ... A. Greater involvement of people living with HIV in health care. J Int AIDS Soc 2009;12:4. Schnarch B. Ownership, ...
News, COVID-19 November 2020
... As well, it demonstrates how family physicians and the health system can be nimble when faced with a crisis. BC ... approach to supporting physicians’ needs both as health care providers and human beings. Read the report at ...
News November 2020
... of consultations between Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, the ministry is now offering BC doctors a number of ...
News, COVID-19 November 2020
... of intimate partner violence. According to the World Health Organization, one in three women will experience ... partner violence, Paul van Donkelaar, professor of health and exercise sciences at UBC Okanagan and the ...
News, COVID-19 November 2020
... on antibody research being developed by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr Horacio Bach could ...